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J. G. CRAWFORD'.

GATE.

Patented Nov. 25, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOI-IN C. CRAVFORD, OF IOLA, KANSAS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,469, dated November 25,1890.

Application filed July l0, 1890l Serial No. 358,234. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN O. CRAWFORD, a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at Iola, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following; to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, suoli as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sliding gates.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and effective ineans'for holding the gate normally closed; and it consists in providing a sliding gate with two bars which are pivotally connected to each other, the ends being attached, respectively, to the gate and-to the fence-section, one of said bars being provided with a spring` exerting a downward tension, which vwill hold the bars extended and the gate closed, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, I have shown a gate with my improvements applied thereto closed in full lines and open in dotted lines.

A refers to a section of a fence adjacent to the gate-opening, which consists of posts ct and b and horizontal rails 1, 2, 3, and et.

The gate B maybe of ordinary construction, consisting of vertical battens (Z, e, and f, the upper horizontal rails being secured to the battens d and e and extended beyond the hatten e,for attachment thereto of the batten f, which carries a flanged roller g, operating between the horizontal rails 1 and 2, a corresponding roller oppositely disposed being attached to the post a, the flange lying partiallyover the lower horizontal :rails of the gate. A gate thus constructed can slide freely l and will be maintained in a vertical position.

To the post b of the fence-section is attached a block h, to which is pivoted one end of the bar D, said bar being provided at a suitable point with an opening D', with which engages one end of a spring E the opposite end being att-ached to a post or other fixture which may be suitably secured in the ground. One end of the bar D is pivotally secured to a bar E, as shown, the other end of the latter being pivotally attached to the lower end of the hatten d of the gate. The spring E exerts a pressure upon the bar D and tends to lower the bars D and E to project the gate beyond the fence-Section and to hold the same normally closed. Then it is desired to open the gate, by pushing the same to one side the bars D and E will be raised, as shown in dotted lines, and as soon as pressure is removed therefrom the gate will be closed.

The hereinbefore-described device is extremely simple, and can be readily applied to different styles of sliding gates.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- In combination with a sliding gate, substantially as shown, the lbars D E, pivotally connected at their inner ends and having their free ends respectively connected to the gate and to a fixed portion adjacent to the gateway, and a spring E', secured to one of said bars and to a fixed portion normally to exert a downward tension on both bars and hold them in substantially a horizontal position to 

